Legendary fashion editor Isabella Blow is remembered by her hats. A jewel-encrusted lobster wriggling from her forehead like a crustacean mohican. A Chinese miniature garden, complete with small pagodas with eaves and Lilliputian cherry trees with vibrant blossoms. Her trademark was so distinctive that Princess Margaret once greeted her at a party with the words, … Read more
Law Roach has always believed in the power of fashion: that’s why he paid tribute to John Galliano at the Met Gala, what inspired his first book (out September 24), and why he thinks the practice of method dressing affects so many people. resonates. . “I think the right girl in the right dress at … Read more
Last year’s Met Ball cost around £6 million to stage and raised £22 million. The profits went to the Metropolitan Museum’s Costume Institute, once a somewhat stuffy institution that even its then curator, Harold Korda, described as a “benign tumor,” so overlooked by the Met’s loftier, “purer” art departments . Then in 1995, Anna Wintour … Read more
The Met Gala, fashion’s biggest night of the year, has just taken place – a moment of frenzied anticipation as behind-the-scenes negotiations take place over which designer will have the honor of dressing which celebrity. given the hallowed Anna Wintour seal of approval) and the viewing audience gets to decide who complied with the dress … Read more
For those who continue to bleat about the iniquities of so-called ‘cancel culture’, the career of British fashion designer John Galliano provides a useful counterpoint. After being fired as creative director of Christian Dior in 2011 following a horrific incident of anti-Semitic abuse on his part, he spent two years in the wilderness before being … Read more
Maison Margiela Artisan 2024 (Maison Margiela Artisan 2024) Nipples may not have made it past the social media sensors, but the rather sweet merkin visible through the sheer tulle as John Galliano’s latest Maison Margiela Artisanal show went viral wasn’t missing. You can only stop and stroke your chin to wonder: is the bush back? … Read more
John Galliano’s return to form at MargielaPierre Suu When I saw the first clip of John Galliano’s most recent couture show for Margiela, I thought it was an old video from the ’90s. A model staggered down a dimly lit street, her arms flailing as if held up by puppet strings. She wore a voluminous … Read more